Deluge is more a fancy python front-end to libtorrent written in c++ the same libtorrent found at the core of rtorrent. ( I act love rtorrent in a strange ncurses kind of way) The reason i mentioned Deluge is more or less because of the availability of a windows and (gasp) even a Mac build and the similarity to utorrent that would help get the average non linux user on it's way . Usenet is indeed a nice way of sharing files even in this day and age. I do however miss the days that you did'nt have to pay for Usenet access and ISP's maintained their own NNTP servers with binary support. Another old and often overlooked method of exchanging files is trough IRC with DCC.
Google groups still gateways Usenet doesn't it ? Even the old-fashioned ANSI BBS is Making somewhat of a return these days allowing people to connect with ssh and telnet. All we need now is the return of gopher
Many people say the search function on Google Groups is terrible (ironic, I know). I don't use it much myself, but I've recently found out about Narkive, which is pretty darn nice.
I hear ya I hardly hit up google groups myself except for the odd project that decided to use it. Thanks for the Narkive link never heard of them before.
Deluge is more a fancy python front-end to libtorrent written in c++ the same libtorrent found at the core of rtorrent. ( I act love rtorrent in a strange ncurses kind of way) The reason i mentioned Deluge is more or less because of the availability of a windows and (gasp) even a Mac build and the similarity to utorrent that would help get the average non linux user on it's way . Usenet is indeed a nice way of sharing files even in this day and age. I do however miss the days that you did'nt have to pay for Usenet access and ISP's maintained their own NNTP servers with binary support. Another old and often overlooked method of exchanging files is trough IRC with DCC.
Well, at least text-based Usenet is still (mostly) free. Eternal-September.org is pretty nice. DMOZ also hosts a list of public Usenet servers
Google groups still gateways Usenet doesn't it ? Even the old-fashioned ANSI BBS is Making somewhat of a return these days allowing people to connect with ssh and telnet. All we need now is the return of gopher
Many people say the search function on Google Groups is terrible (ironic, I know). I don't use it much myself, but I've recently found out about Narkive, which is pretty darn nice.
I hear ya I hardly hit up google groups myself except for the odd project that decided to use it. Thanks for the Narkive link never heard of them before.